Hair curler comfort rest

ABSTRACT

A mechanism to enable a woman who is wearing hair curlers to lie comfortably in bed. The mechanism consists of an external shell, the interior of which consists of rib sections of cushioned material mounted on rollers, the sections of cushioned materials being so located as to serve as resting surfaces for the head, while the hair curlers occupy the space between adjacent rib sections of padded material. The mechanism permits relatively frictionless movement with relation to the external shell of the cushioned materials in contact with the reclining head so as to permit free rotational movement of the head.

United States Patent Parlagreco [15] 3,680,564 1 Aug. 1, 1972 [54] HAIR CURLER COMFORT REST [72] Inventor: Thomas J. Parlagreco, 5 Ferris Court, Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ. 07423 22 Filed: 0ct.2l, 1971 [21] App1.No.: 191,446

[52] US. Cl ..132/9, 5/338 [51] Int. Cl. ..A45d 1/00 [58] Field of Search ..132/9, 1, 53, 54, 49; 5/337,

[56] References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 3,283,344 11/1966 Blanchard ..5/338 3,480,976 12/1969 Yavner ..5/338 3,035,279 5/1962 Stead ..5/337 Primary Examiner-Louis G. Mancene Assistant Examiner-J. Q. Lever Attorney-Howard I. Podell [57] ABSTRACT A mechanism to enable a woman who is wearing hair curlers to lie comfortably in bed. The mechanism consists of an external shell, the interior of which consists of rib sections of cushioned material mounted on rollers, the sections of cushioned materials being so located as to serve as resting surfaces for the head, while the hair curlers occupy the space between adjacent rib sections of padded material. The mechanism permits relatively frictionless movement with relation to the external shell of the cushioned materials in contact with the reclining head so as to permit free rotational movement of the head.

4 Claims, 4 Drawing Figures PATENI'EBM' 1 m2 J [Ill FIGZ INVENTOR gHOMAS J. PARLAGRECO fi Mj 7O HAIR CURLER COMFORT REST SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The purpose of my invention is to permit a woman wearing head curlers to obtain a comfortable rest in bed, despite the bulk and fragility of the hair curlers.

The mechanism of the invention consists of an external shell, in which ribs of a cushioned, padded material are mounted on rollers, with space between the cushioned ribs for the hair curlers. In use, the head of a reclining woman rests on these cushioned ribs and rotational movement of the head is accommodated by the riding of the cushioned ribs on the rollers.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The objects and features of my invention may be better understood with reference to the following detailed description of an illustrative embodiment of the invention taken together with the accompanying drawing in which:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a woman, who is wearing hair curlers, resting comfortably in bed, with her head supported by the invention;

FIG. 2 is a cross-section view of the invention along an axial plane;

F IG. 3 is a cross-section view of the device along section 33 of FIG. 2; and

FIG. 4 is a partial cross-section view of the roller support of the cushioned rib.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT Turning now descriptively to the drawings, in which similar reference characters denote similar elements throughout the several views, FIG. I and FIG. 2 illustrate a woman, wearing hair curlers 30, resting comfortably in bed 20, with her head resting directly on the cushioned ribs 42a, 42b, 42c, 42d and with cushioned rib 42e supporting her neck. The hair curlers 30 rest freely in the interstices between these cushioned ribs. The cushioned ribs are supported by shell 40, the legs 41 of which rest on the bed 20.

The cushioning material 45 of a typical rib 42 as shown in FIG. 4 is mounted to a more rigid base 46 which is supported by rollers 47 mounted in a channel member 48 fastened to the inside of shell 40.

The ribs 42 are so shaped as to permit rotation about the axis of the head 10 of the user over an angle of 80 in either direction, with fixed stop means to limit rotation in either direction beyond that amount.

Since obvious changes may be made in the specific embodiment of the invention described herein without departing from the scope thereof, it is indicated that all matter contained herein is intended to be interpreted in an illustrative and not a limiting sense.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. A mechanism to support the head of a reclining woman, when she is wearing cumbersome hair curlers, said mechanism consisting of an external shell, the base of which rests on the bed, and the interior of which consists of ribs of cushioned material, with spacing between adjacent ribs to permit unrestrained storage of th hair curlers hen the he of the user is restin n sai d cushioned ribs, said cushi oned ribs composed o? a soft pliable material to rest against the head of the user, said pliable material being fastened to a more riged base material, and rollers fastened to a channel member fastened to the internal surface of the external shell, said rollers supporting directly the rigid base material of the cushioned rib and permitting the cushioned rib to rotate freely with the rotation of the head of the user about the axis of the head.

2. A mechanism to support the head of a reclining woman as described in claim 1, in which the rotation of said cushioned ribs is restrained by fixed stops when said rotation exceeds a predetermined angle.

3. A mechanism to support the head of a reclining woman as described in claim 2, in which the rotation of 7 said cushioned ribs is restrained by fixed stops when 

1. A mechanism to support the head of a reclining woman, when she is wearing cumbersome hair curlers, said mechanism consisting of an external shell, the base of which rests on the bed, and the interior of which consists of ribs of cushioned material, with spacing between adjacent ribs to pErmit unrestrained storage of the hair curlers when the head of the user is resting on said cushioned ribs, said cushioned ribs composed of a soft pliable material to rest against the head of the user, said pliable material being fastened to a more riged base material, and rollers fastened to a channel member fastened to the internal surface of the external shell, said rollers supporting directly the rigid base material of the cushioned rib and permitting the cushioned rib to rotate freely with the rotation of the head of the user about the axis of the head.
 2. A mechanism to support the head of a reclining woman as described in claim 1, in which the rotation of said cushioned ribs is restrained by fixed stops when said rotation exceeds a predetermined angle.
 3. A mechanism to support the head of a reclining woman as described in claim 2, in which the rotation of said cushioned ribs is restrained by fixed stops when said rotation exceeds an angle of 80* in either direction from the mid-point.
 4. A mechanism to support the head of a reclining woman as described in claim 3, in which additional cushioned ribs support the neck area. 